Expression pattern and clinical significance of MerTK on circulating NK cells in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Lupus Sci Med · 2025 · PMC12182121 · PMID 40541265

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Further analysis showed that expression of MerTK in both CD56 dim and CD56 bright NK cells had an elevated trend in SLEs when compared with HCs (CD56 dim : 209.8 (90.9–557.3, p<0.001 vs 70.4 (47.5–156.3); CD56 bright : 419.3 (143.4–5905, p=0.040 vs 198.3 (108.0–607.1)) ( figure 1E ).

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